Dear Hannah and Nathan,
We sure have been cooped up inside for quite a few days. The weather has been pretty miserable. It has either been freezing cold and sunny, or windy and cloudy, oh, and we also got in a few days of rain as well. So, one particular day, we spent lots of time at home and we were able to find plenty of things to keep us busy. First, Nathan got to perfect his bowling ball release. We also talked about what a strike means. You get pretty excited and do this silly little dance after you get a strike. Sometimes you'll just fall back on the couch. It is quite entertaining watching you bowl.
We did some yoga. Here you are working on your "happy baby" pose.
And down dog...which eventually turned into forward rolls all around the living room.
Hannah was pretty much entertained by you this whole time.
When Hannah took her first nap, we started to clean and wipe down the base boards. Nathan did a good job spraying the boards before I wiped them clean.
Nathan then started to spot dirty spots on doors, so we also cleaned those as well. And then, you got really ambitious and started to wipe the staircase.
When Nathan took a nap, Hannah was awake to help me fold the laundry. We also played a bit during the process.
I think I'm going to implement a more structured play time for the afternoon. I've come up with a schedule that we can try.
Music Mondays, Craf-T Tuesdays, Wild Wednesdays, Thinking Thursdays, and Fine-motor Fridays.
On Monday, Hannah learned to bang the mallet on the xylophone (and put it in her mouth).
Nathan learned about high and low notes.
(Hannah was not happy about Nathan hogging the guitar. She wants to do whatever big brother does.)
Nathan, you also have been doing a good job of putting on your shoes by yourself. You will put on one of the shoes and ask us if it's on the right foot. You really take pride in putting your shoes on as well as your pants.
Dinner has become quite interesting. The other night, I cooked some ribs and we allowed Hannah to gnaw on the bones. Well, being the baby that you are, you dropped them quite a few times and if I wasn't there to give you a new one, you started to fuss. Then when I held the bone in front of you, you immediately stopped fussing and quickly grabbed the bone out of my hand. You really like bones.
One afternoon, while driving home from school, Nathan said out of the blue, "My favorite is cake, mommy, we make cake?" I asked Nathan if he liked cake or cookies better and like any smart boy, Nathan said, "both." So when we got home we made a cookie cake after nap time. Nathan did a good job with eating his dinner (including his veggie soup) so we gave you a pretty good size piece of cookie cake. You quickly finished the piece and asked for more. We told you that if you wanted more cake, that meant you were still hungry, so you needed to eat a bit more rice, soup, or chicken before you could have more cake. We then explained that green stuff and chicken help you grow big and strong and cakes, while they are very yummy will make you too fat if you eat too much. Nathan, you responded with,
"Nathan be fat boy!"
Well, at least you are logical.
When Hannah isn't grabbing bones out of our hands during dinner time, you are also eating sweet potatoes, squash, bananas, or avocados.
Your favorite seems to be banana and sweet potato. You weren't a fan of squash the first time you tried it, but when we tried the second time, you didn't mind it too much. You ate it, but you weren't voracious about it.
One of your favorite toys to play with is a funnel. You like to explore it with your mouth. I think it's actually a pretty interesting toy because it folds up into a disk and expands into a funnel. You will play with it for a good 10 minutes.
This is actually a picture from last week, but one night after your bath, you said to Daddy, "I look like baby Jesus." It's now a nightly tradition for you to pop into my room after bath, all wrapped up in your towel (differently each night) and you ask me what you look like. Some nights it's a burrito, some nights it's baby Jesus, other nights, it's a chicken leg.
One afternoon, the weather was warm enough for us to go out and play. We went to the playground by our house and found that the tether ball was fixed. Nathan really enjoyed whacking the ball back and forth. He even tried to ask some of the big boys to come and play with him.
Nathan is also becoming a bit more adventurous. You really likes to jump off of things, but before you take the plunge off a higher spot, you always will ask me. I really like that about you. You almost always ask before you run off, or do something slightly dangerous.
This past weekend, we got out Chutes and Ladders game. We were all picking out our pieces and I jokingly said, "I want the piece that looks like me." Nathan nonchalantly picked up the piece below and tossed it my way. We played and finished the game, but found that it is quite boring if the right rolls aren't rolled. We then played a different game involving raccoons and outfits, which was much more entertaining for both Nathan, and us, the parents.
Now, this is the part where I record the boring details about sleep. Hannah's sleeping pattern is becoming a bit more erratic. Some nights, you'll sleep 6 hours straight, some nights you wake after 45 minutes. I feel like you've gone through a growth spurt recently because you've been nursing quite often and sleeping a bit more than normal. Hopefully once this is all settled, maybe you will fall back into a predictable sleeping pattern. My prayer is that you don't start to teethe while we are on our long flight to Taiwan.
At 29 weeks, Hannah is not giggling much. Well, kind of, but it's a silent giggle. When you laugh, it's a big smile, or you open your mouth to laugh, but no sound comes out. This, along with you not babbling consonant sounds concerns me a bit, but other than this, you are generally a happy baby who in interactive and expressive. I shouldn't worry because I'm sure there will be a day where you become like your older brother and won't stop talking. Reading back at the old blog entries, Nathan started babbling consonants at around 29-30 weeks. Perhaps it's the learning 2 languages thing that makes you a bit quiet; you're just soaking it all in.
Well, the weather is finally starting to warm up. There is no rain in the 5 day forecast and the temperatures are supposed to be in the 60's. Looks like we will be spending lots of time outside.
Until next week,
Love,
Mommy
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